Waste Management.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 November 2005

Tuesday, 29 November 2005

Questions (15)

Michael D. Higgins

Question:

13 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the threshold for an EIS on a transfer of waste for a recovery facility; when this threshold was established; and if he intends to review this threshold. [36653/05]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Roche)

The threshold above which an environmental impact statement is required in connection with applications for licences for waste transfer stations is a waste intake of 25,000 tonnes per annum. This threshold was originally set in 1989 and there is no proposal to review it.